MINI event and a bonus..

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by alexk

Sorry missed that.
Did you get 400bhp or its happening next month ?

I don't think you know me enough to tell me that I live in a BMW bubble.
I also don't know what you constantly try to prove ?
Well done if you have a lot of cars and especially fast ones.

It's currently standard bar H&R's, Supersprint and APs. I've just bought a second set of wheels for it to fit Cups and then once the new engine has done some miles (where I will also dyno it to see what it actually has power wise), I will take it on track and see what all the fuss is about. At the moment, my initial impressions are that it is painfully slow (despite being able to hold it's own against an RS5) - the gearing is too tall in my opinion - but it has a noise to die for and it feels more special than the E90 V8 (probably due to the seats and feeling like you're driving a "race-car" as opposed to a family saloon) and the brakes have the typical BMW over-servoed feeling (and are nowhere near as good as the ones on the Escort ). The standard rear beam isn't particularly good (hard cornering makes the rear end feel loose), so it needs the Turner Motorsport rear bush limiter kit fitting (which came with the car, just not yet fitted).

I'm not trying to prove anything, I'm just responding to your constant inane attacks on my choice of track car (I suspect you just wish you were man enough to own one ). You seem to be under the misapprehension that because I like Cossies, I should only like Fords and not any other marque. I was just showing that I have a diverse love of cars which ranges from BMW to Subaru and isn't isolated to one marque (which you seem to feel is obligatory). I'd love to take you out on track in the Escort, just so you STFU about it .